Four local-to-Northeast-Seattle plant sales coming up in the next three weeks, so we’ll just get to it:
1. Olympic View Books & Blooms – Friday and Saturday, April 25-26
13th Annual Plant Sale for the Olympic View PTA. Friday April 25th (9am-7pm) and Saturday April 26th (9am-7pm). Used Book Sale starting Friday afternoon.The Olympic View Elementary Plant Sale is a fundraiser presented by the Olympic View PTA. All proceeds directly benefit students.
Quack Dogs will be at the sale from 3:30-6:30 PM on Friday.
This sale also tends to feature art and botanical projects made by Olympic View students — I myself own a couple of pottery mushrooms, and they are ADORABLE.
2. FlorAbundance Spring Plant Sale – Saturday and Sunday, April 26-27
FlorAbundance is the Arboretum Foundation‘s annual plant sale. It’s been held at the Arboretum itself for two years while Building 30 at Magnuson Park was being renovated. And now it’s back!
Please join us in late April for the region’s largest and best plant sale, and help support the Foundation’s mission. As always, dozens of specialty nurseries will be on hand selling a wonderful selection of locally grown trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, and edibles.
40-plus nurseries: “There’ll be more than 40 nurseries in attendance,” says our volunteer Event Chair Bob Lilly. “Expect a unique selection of high-quality plants, including lots of veggies for your kitchen garden. As always, Langley Fine Gardens will have an amazing array of vegetable starts. In addition, for the first time in quite a while, they’ll be offering a diverse crop of ornamental salvias.
Here’s the sale’s vendor list, should you want to pre-browse (PDF).
3. WSU Extension Master Gardener Plant Sale – Saturday and Sunday, May 3-4
Find plants from Master Gardeners and specialty growers, get free garden design consultations and quick tips, personal shopping advice from experienced Master Gardeners, and garden art and more from select vendors. See the veggie catalogs and tomato list at http://mgfkc.org.
Find it all at UW Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle.
Rain or shine, we hope to see you and help you start the best garden ever this year.
This is another sale that I’ve attended in the past and enjoyed. And if you’re a fan of the Opening Day of Boating, I recommend you park somewhere in Laurelhurst, go see the boats float through the Montlake Cut, then turn around and check out the plants on the way back.
4. Nathan Hale Horticulture Spring Plant Sale – Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, May 7-8 and 10
Details of the sale are still being worked out, says the Facebook page, but here’s some info about the program and location:
DescriptionBeginning Horticulture, Ecology and Advanced Horticulture are science/occupational education courses taught by Jessica Torvik. Approximately 150 students (grades 9-12) take horticulture each year.
General InformationOur greenhouse and urban farm are located one block north of Nathan Hale High School. From Lake City Way, turn eastbound onto 110th Street. Drive through the stop sign and past the high school. Turn left (north) onto 34th Avenue NE. Drive past Jane Addams K-8 School. Turn left (west) into our driveway (you will see a yellow gate) and head up the hill to our gravel parking area.
And don’t forget the Seattle Tilth Edible Plant Sale on May 3 and 4 at Meridian Park, behind the Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford. From 9 to 3 on that Saturday and Sunday.
Other side of I-5, though. I don’t know…
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